On Astronomia : an Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 3 / edited and translated by F. Jamil Ragep and Taro Mimura ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri = Fī al-asṭrunūmīyā : al-risālah al-thālithah : min al-qism al-awwal fī al-ʻulūm al-riyāḍīyah al-taʻlīmīyah / ḥaqqaqahā wa-tarjamahā wa-qaddamahā wa-ʻallaqa ʻalayhā F. Jamīl Rajab wa-Tārū Mīmūrā.

On Astronomia : an Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 3 / edited and translated by F. Jamil Ragep and Taro Mimura ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri = في الاسطرنوميا : الرسالة الثالثة : من القسم الاول في العلوم الرياضية التعليمية / حققها وترجمها وقدمها وعلق عليها ف. جميل رجب وتارو ميمورا..

The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity' is an encyclopedic compendium, probably composed in tenth-century Iraq by a society of adepts with Platonic, Pythagorean, and Shi'i tendencies. Its 52 sections ('epistles') are divided into four parts (Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Sciences of the Soul and...

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Corporate Authors:	Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ = اخوان الصفاء،(Author) Institute of Ismaili Studies = اخوان الصفاء
Other Authors:	Ragep, F. J. (Editor, Translator) Mimura, Taro (Editor, Translator) El-Bizri, Nader (writer of foreword.)
Language:	English Arabic
Language of the Original:	Arabic
Language and/or Writing System:	Text in English and Arabic, translated from the Arabic.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2015.
Series:	Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
Subjects:	Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ. > Rasā'il. Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ. Astronomy, Medieval. Islamic astrology. Astronomy, Arab > Early works to 1800. Astrology, Arab > Early works to 1800. Islamic philosophy > Early works to 1800. Philosophy, Arab > Early works to 1800. Astronomy. Astrology. Astronomie. Astrologie. Arabisch.
Genre:	Early works to 1800.
Physical Description:	xxv, 161, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:	Fī al-asṭrunūmīyā. = في الاسطرنوميا [Parallel title] On Astronomia : Epistle 3. [Spine title]
Format:	Book

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